Temporarily suspend direct deposit for a payroll
For live payroll processing only
There may be times where paper checks need to be issued to employees instead of processing a direct deposit file. You can suspend the direct deposit process for the client by using 1 of the following processes.
important
Changing the status on the client’s bank account to
Suspend
in the Direct Deposit
tab of the Bank Accounts
screen won’t stop the direct deposit process.Method 1: Suspend 1 bank account at a time
If you have a handful of employee paper checks to print, you can suspend each bank account on an individual employee basis.
- Go to theDirect Deposittab inSetup, thenEmployees.
- Edit the employee.
- In the Direct Deposit Allocation section, change the status for each of the employee’s bank accounts toSuspend.
- SelectEnterto save your changes.
- Repeat for each employee receiving a paper check.
- Process payroll paper checks.
- Change the status of each bank account back toApprovedwhen the payroll process is complete.
Method 2: Suspend a group of bank accounts
If you have a large number of employee paper checks to print, you can suspend a group of bank accounts at once.
- SelectPrenotinginProcess, thenDirect Deposit.
- SelectInclude accounts with approved status.
- Drag the Client ID header into theGroup byfield to group the list by Client ID.
- Select the plus sign next to the Client ID to display the list of bank accounts. The Name column contains the name associated with each listed bank account. You'll find the employee's name in this column.
- Mark the checkbox for each employee's bank account that requires a paper check.
- Once the checkboxes are marked in the Prenoting grid, theActionfield becomes active. Change the Action to perform toChange to Suspend.
- SelectProcess.
- SelectDone.
Process payroll
Once the bank account status is set to suspend, you can enter payroll checks and Process payroll paper checks as normal.
If payroll checks were entered before the employee bank accounts were suspended, you’ll need to refresh the payroll check information.
Change the bank accounts back to Approve
When the payroll process is complete, use either method listed earlier to update the status of each employee’s bank account to
Approved
.